Small deeds

Things you can do today. No sign-up, no points, no proof, nobody keeping score. Pick one, do it, and that is the whole thing.

Today's: Write an honest review for a small business you actually use

Surprise me

This week's three

• Visit a senior center and talk with someone new · with others
• Write an honest review for a small business you actually use · online
• Sit for three minutes with a hand over your heart · looking inward

A new three every Monday. Pass it on: send this page to one person.

On your own

• Write a thank-you note to your past self
• Leave a book you loved in a Little Free Library
• Say hello to a stranger and compliment their energy
• Walk for 20 minutes with no phone and no headphones
• Turn off your phone and sit under a tree for 15 minutes
• Light a candle or incense in honor of someone you love
• Leave a gratitude pebble in a place that matters to you

With others

• Help set up chairs at a community event
• Join a neighborhood cleanup
• Help sort food donations at a pantry
• Water plants at a community garden during its open hours
• Visit a senior center and talk with someone new
• Bring a friend to a meditation group
• Host a small tea for your neighbors

Out in public

• Pick up 10 pieces of litter on your walk
• Refill a birdbath or a dog water bowl outside a shop
• Plant seeds in a planter you are allowed to use
• Report graffiti or a broken streetlight to 311 so the city fixes it
• Restock a community fridge or a little pantry box
• Give to a local cause and leave a kind note with it

Online

• Write an honest review for a small business you actually use
• Send a thank-you email to a mentor
• Share a resource that helped you grow
• Post something encouraging without your name on it
• Write a three-line poem and share it

Kindness

• Buy someone a tea or a coffee
• Give away a book or something you no longer need
• Offer to carry something heavy for someone
• Chalk an uplifting message on the sidewalk in front of your place
• Pay for the person behind you in line

Looking inward

• Write down three things you are grateful for
• List five people who helped shape you
• Write a letter you will never send
• List ten things you have forgiven yourself for
• Sit for three minutes with a hand over your heart
• Sketch how you feel right now

Make up your own. The best ones are small, close by and done today. Want something with a real place and time attached? The board and ways to help list real openings the engine checks every day.